NC Governor Easley: SPEND!

Governor Easley is in the last days of his time in elected office. In the 2008 elections, barring some quick and dirty changes to the NC Constitution (which is very possible) by the Democrats, Easley will have to give up his throne and allow another to spend money be governor. So, in his last days, he really wants to spend a LOT of your money.

He's already done all he can to make a high school diploma worthless in North Carolina. He's tried to ensure that every single person in the state (legally or illegally) gets a diploma, even if they can't add 2+2. Now he wants to make the college diploma just as worthless.

Since students aren't learning anything in school anyway, he proposes to allow high school students to get an associate's degree while in high school. Since they're not actually doing any educating in high school, there's no question that the students certainly have the time to do so. So why not give them away? Government hates competition, so this appears to be a move to compete -- with the mail-order diploma mills.

In addition, he wants to make college free -- for those who benefit, not everyone else. He proposes that if students are willing to "work" a whopping 10 hours a week, then they should get up to $50,000 in pay -- from the taxpayer. Don't you think it's a great idea for you, the taxpayer (and yes, you'll get this nationwide because we'll use federal dollars, too) to hire a student for 10 hours a week at $50,000 a year? Too bad, you don't have any say in the matter. He wants to take your money and give it to his pals in the education bureaucracy -- he doesn't even trust the student he loves to spend the money correctly, so he's actually proposing a transfer of funds from the taxpayers to the educrats -- in the name of the student (for the children), of course.

Oh, and those of you paying taxes and who will have to pay increased taxes to pay for such crap? Well, you're going to need to pay just a little bit more because Easley wants to buy a few more stupid poor people's votes -- he wants to increase taxes on people who work for a living "the wealthy," and decrease taxes on lazy bastards who don't work ("the poor").

What a socialist pile of crap. But that is what you get when you elect Democrats.

Posted by: Ogre at 12:43 PM

Comments

1 Now, that associate degree thing wouldn't really be a bad idea for advanced students, you know? but to raise taxes to do it is just nuts.

Posted by: Steph at March 05, 2007 08:25 PM (AC9Dc)

2 You're thinking that it would actually have any value if they did this. By giving them away to anyone who wants them at taxpayer expense, their value QUICKLY declines! If we give these away like this, it will not be long before McDonald's requires an "Associate Degree" to work there.

Posted by: Ogre at March 05, 2007 08:29 PM (oifEm)

3 No, no... you misunderstood... if it were targeted at advanced students who might actually need a challenge tougher than the average student, it wouldn't be a bad thing (but not at the taxpayers expense) and assuming that they go on to earn a bachelor's or beyond later... the idea that's being considered now in N.C. is sheer lunacy.

Posted by: Steph at March 05, 2007 09:37 PM (AC9Dc)

4 Again? I thought you were going to tell me something new.

Sarcasm is all I have left when dealing with the NC Democrats. It's either that, or lose it.

Posted by: William Teach at March 06, 2007 02:53 AM (doAuV)

5 I've got to keep trying to tell people -- because Easley ended his speech with claiming he's being "fiscally responsible!"

Posted by: Ogre at March 06, 2007 03:13 PM (oifEm)

6 And Steph? ANY government attempt to educate is going to fail -- because their goal is NOT actually education, but spending and control of cash. Seriously. The government education system has ZERO interest in actually educating. They honestly do not. They just want to spend money and get money.

Posted by: Ogre at March 06, 2007 03:15 PM (oifEm)

7 Dumb citizens are easy to control. The unspoken Democratic motto

Posted by: William Teach at March 06, 2007 11:59 PM (doAuV)

8 The dumber the better, according to Democrats.

Posted by: Ogre at March 07, 2007 11:59 AM (oifEm)






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